I've been working on a family genealogy for the past few months and have hit a (small? big?) wall on the Italian end.
My grandfather always maintained that our family, Tartaglione, came from Naples @ 1906. And indeed, I have records of a passenger sailing out of Napoli, matching the name
and age of my great-grand father (GGF). But that ship manifest lists the last residence as Nocera Inferiore? The handwriting is not absolutely clear.
See Link for ship manifest, Giovanni Tartaglione (GGF) is on line 27: http://www.flickr.com/photos/73992436@N04/6670773751/
Screencapped closer here: http://i.imgur.com/5OaeM.jpg
However, even if Nocera Inferiore was his last residence that does not absolutely mean he was born there.
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Also, the parental names on my GGF's marriage license are somewhat hard to decipher: http://i.imgur.com/Aq3Iv.jpg
I asked a professor friend about the above image and he said the maiden name, no matter what it may look like, was meant to be Fiumegranofi for "River" Granofi in Italian.
Does anyone have any familiarity with this surname or its origins?
I've searched available vital records online through [ancestry.it] for Campania and cannot find any record of such a surname/maiden name.
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As for Tartagliones, from what I understand, most Tartagliones come from Marcianise. I also have found a pocket of Tartagliones in Nicola.
None of them seemingly connected. At least so far.
My grandfather's brother's daughter says, for some reason, she remembers something about the family coming from Sorrento.
Also, another obvious problem in researching a name like Tartaglione is that it ends up misspelled/mis-transcribed as: Tart, Tartag, Tartaglia, Tartaglioni, Tartoglione, Tortiglioni, etc. And to be truthful I once found the totally atrocious and absolutely on par with 3rd grade humor-- Fartaglione. I laughed and then thought of my grandfather rolling over in his grave.
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And, just for added amusement, there is another Giovanni Tartaglione born a year or two later who also married a wife by the name of Anna, and had children named Pietro and Andreo!
But, they lived in Brooklyn and are *not* the same family -- no matter how many times research librarians have tried to convince me otherwise!
My branch of Tartagliones begin their Italian-American story in Newark.
And I am sure of this, as the children's birth dates of the duplicate Brooklyn family do not match that of my own.
And I have all stateside records from New Jersey (children's b-certs, parent's d-certs, marriage licenses, etc.)
Sadly, since my mother was quite old when I was born, my grandfather was quite old and ill with Alzheimer's for most of my adult life.
So, by the time I thought to ask him questions -- the answers came confused or not at all. Much beloved he passed in 2010.
In terms of info I have, here are my knowns:
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GIOVANNI TARTAGLIONE [AGE 37] TO ANNA PETROSINO [AGE 25]
Giovanni's Date of Birth: 27 Mar. 1879
Place of Marriage: Newark, Essex County, NJ
Date of Marriage: 8 Dec. 1916
Child: Pietro Tartaglione
Date of Birth: 30 Sept. 1917
Place of Birth: 380 Chestnut St., Newark, NJ
Parents: Giovanni Tartaglione & Anna Petrosino
Child: Andreo Tartaglione
Date of Birth: July 24, 1919
Place of Birth: 46 NICHOLS ST. ** Newark, NJ
Parents: Giovanni Tartaglione & Anna Petrosino
DEATH RECORD:
Deceased: Giovanni Tartaglione
Date of Death: 5 Nov. 1927
Place of Death: Newark, Essex County
Wife: Anna Petrosino
Burial: Holy Cross Cem.
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Here are my unknowns/what I seek to know:
*What town was Giovanni born in?
*How do I locate/find/retrieve his birth certificate?
*And from there, possible living relatives?
If anyone could give me a bit of help with this or even a gentle nudge in the right direction to head next -- I would be ever so appreciative.
Best and many thanks!
Mel Tartaglione
. Place of birth Nocera Inferiore.
